RMRU received a call from the Indio
office of the Riverside County Sheriff's
Department that a young woman while on a hiking
trip in the Horsethief Creek area had been stung
several times by wasps, and when her boy friend
left to get help she was beginning to have a
reaction to the stings.

Quickly RMRU members were paged out
and the team was on the way to Pi%F1on Flats fire
station where the rendezvous point had been set
for. As the team arrived they were informed that
a Hot Shot crew from the Forestry had also been
dispatched into the field. The deputy had radio
contact with the crew in the field, and they said
that they would be able to handle the operation.
RMRU members decided they would go ahead and hike
in to help in the carry out, since it was quite a
hike out. Just as members were preparing to leave
the road head the forestry crew radioed out that
the woman had refused aid as she did not have a
bad reaction to the stings. So everyone concerned
was released from the operation.